Comments on: Emotion Thesaurus Entry: Confidence/Pride

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By: ANGELA ACKERMAN

ANGELA ACKERMAN — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 16:40:19 +0000

Hi Rebecca, so glad you’re finding our site useful. In the scenario you suggest, I think you’d see a lot of self talk to sort of move past one’s fear and do what needs to be done. I would say increased focus, economical body movements, body tension, ignoring distractions, giving oneself almost a physical shake or shaking out the hands to sort of have a physical way of “pushing” fear and doubt at bay would be typical. You’ll find a lot more suggestions (4 pages worth) to show both Pride and Confidence in the Emotion Thesaurus book–this here is just a very basic sample of ideas. If you like, look at the “look inside” feature at Amazon as they have a good sample of entries to show how we profile different emotions in depth. 🙂

Happy writing!

By: Rebecca Patajac

Rebecca Patajac — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 12:02:33 +0000

I love all of the examples provided for all of the emotions. They certainly help to get the creative juices flowing! One suggestion though, if I may, the entries for confidence/pride seem to be influenced mostly by social interactions, where there are other people involved alongside the character. I was wondering if you could include some entries inspired by an increase in confidence of one’s abilities in a dangerous situation? For instance, the character had been held captive but discovered a way to escape, or gained the upper hand, how would the character show this?
Thank you!
Your work is wonderful! It is helping so many writers like myself and it is all adored and appreciated! Thank you again

By: Biddy Fraser

Biddy Fraser — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:21:57 +0000

Amazingly useful – thanks very much for putting it together.

By: Becca

Becca — Sat, 17 May 2008 23:29:00 +0000

That's something that has been interesting in compiling these lists--and challenging too; so many gestures can have multiple emotional meanings, depending on the context.

And thanks for the kudos, people :).

By: Marian

Marian — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:46:00 +0000

Interesting. I sometimes have male characters running their hands through their hair, but it didn’t occur to me that this might be a sign of confidence. Maybe it’s a sign of vanity as well – as in, “look at my great hair, not receding… yet!” 🙂

By: Tabitha

Tabitha — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:16:00 +0000

I know you know this, but I’m saying it anyway. This thesaurus is awesome!! Thanks for putting it together.

By: WordWrangler

WordWrangler — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:08:00 +0000

NIcely done! I'll bookmark this one, too! :)

Hugs,
Donna

By: Sara Spock

Sara Spock — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:01:00 +0000

These are great. Eye contact is a biggie with confidence. Excellent list!